Pendulum apparatus for hygienic gymnastics.



L. GARO.

PENDULUM APPARATUS FOR HYGIENIG GYMNASTICS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1909.

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L.CARO. PENDULUM APPARATUS FOR HYGIBNIG GYMNASTICS.

APPLIUATION IILED NOV. 9, 1909. 1,007,526, Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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LEO CARO, or HANOVER, GERMANY.

PENDULUM APPARATUS FOR HYGIENIC GYMNASTICS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed November 9, 1909. Serial No. 527,104.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO (lino, physician, citizen of Germany, subject ofthe King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, residing at Baumstrasse l6,Hanover, in the Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Pendulum Apparatus for HygienicGymnastics, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pendulum apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, andan important object is to provide a cheap and simple apparatus adaptedto be fastened on a wall and capable of use as a universal apparatus forexecuting the most varied kinds of exercises which could be performedheretofore only with the aid of materially more expensive and morecomplicated apparatus standing on the floor.

is saved without the stability of the apparatus being impaired in anyway.

In order to permit various exercises to be performed and different partsof the body to be moved by the apparatus, the pendulum axle is providedwith a coupling device which may be engaged by variously shaped supportsor rests for the individual members of the body.

Furthermore, an important feature of my invention is that this couplingis so formed that it enables the user to readily regulate the motion ofthe rest or support for the: member of the body which is to be-moved,preferably of variable In order to suspend the support being length andadjustable.

from the support the member of the body which is to be moved, thesupport is preferably formed as a frame around which a band, having atransverse slit, is wound like a loop in such manner that its ends canfasten the member of the body resting on the support. For holding themember of the body which is at rest, in my improved apparatus, I providea support which may be movably connected with the oscillating axle, orattached, preferably detachably, beside the axle on the base carryingthe same. The base carrying the pendulum axle and other parts ispreferably adjustable vertically so that it is possible to adapt itsheight .to the height of the member of the body which is to be moved.

Further features of my invention will be understood from the followingspecification and the claims.

in Fig. 1 the base or bracket pendulum axle 2 is not attached directlyto Owing to its attachment to the wall considerable space Someconstructional forms of my invention are represented by way of examplein the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view partly in sect-ion showing one form. ofmy universal wall pendulum apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detail section on anenlarged scale in the plane 00 a? of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows in perspectivea part of a somewhat modified form of the device. Fig. 4 shows a part ofthe appa ratus with a movable support for the foot of the user inconnection with the coupling number. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspectiveview showing the manner of attaching an arm to the apparatus. Fig. 6 isa detail view looking at the rear of Fig. 5.

In the embodiment of the device shown 1 carrying the the wall butisprovided with cylindrical guides 44 slidable along vertical rods 3.

These rods 3 are attached to holders or brackets 4 and 5, fixed to thewall. A screw 7, carrying at its lower end a hand wheel 8, is mounted inbearings 6 on said holders or brackets between said rods 3 and has athreaded engagement in the internally screw threaded central aperture ofthe base 1. Obviously, by turning hand wheel 8, the base can be movedvertically.

The axle 2 carrying the pendulum 9 is preferably mounted revolubly inbase 1 on balls 10. At its free end the axle 2 is provided with a circleof teeth forming the .clutch member 11 with which meshes a correspondingmember 12 formed on an axle 13. This axle 13 is provided with a reducedextension 14 projecting inwardly beyond the teeth 12 and fitting intothe bore of the axle 2 and facilitating the coupling of the axles.

The axle 13 is prevented from being removed unintentionally from theaxle 2 by a clamping screw 16 which passes through the axle 2 into anannular groove 15 provided in the extension 14.

A support 17 to receive the member of the body which is to be exercisedis carried by the axle 13. As will be readily understood, this supportcan be placed at an optional height by causing the clutch members 11 and12 to engage in various positions and to facilitate such adjustment theindividual teeth of the members may be provided with indicating lettersor numbers.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1 the support 17 isextensible, being provided with a slidable member or yoke 18 Fig. 2.

arranged to telescope upon the portion of the support projecting fromthe axle. If the members be secured in adjusted position by the clampingscrew 18, they will be adapted to the length of a forearm which may thenfollow the movements of the axle. If the screw, however, be loose, anupper arm may rest upon the axle and the bow or yoke 18 then grasped bythe hand, after which the arm may be flexed and extended.

while the axle is oscillating. Around this support is placed a slitbandage 19 within which the limb to be moved rests. This bandageconsists of a band having a trans verse slit 20 through which one of itsends is inserted to form a loop which is passed around the support 17 asclearly shown in "Within the rest or support thus formed is placed thelimb which is to be moved and then the two free ends 21-22, of which oneis provided with a buckle 23, are fastened so that the limb, e. g. theforearm, is suspended freely but securely as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

For holding the part of the body which remains at rest during theexercises, for ex ample, the shoulder, a support 2 1 may be attached toan axle 25 which is connected revolubly with the axle 13 in such amanner that it does not participate in the oscillations of the latteraxle and its frame but remains at rest. To attain this object in theillustrated embodiment, axle 25 is inserted in a bushing 27 running onballs 26 in the free hollow end of axle 13. The unintentional withdrawalof the axle 25 from the axle 13 is prevented by a clamping screw 28mounted in the bushing and bearing upon the axle 25 and a sleeve 29engaging in a cavity or groove in bushing 27 and secured to the axle 13.

The part of the body which is to remain at rest may be supported bymeans of an arm attached to the base 1 beside the axle 2, for whichpurpose there is provided, on the base 1, a coupling 30 in which asupporting arm may be inserted and fastened by means of a screw orlocking member 31. Such a supporting arm, 32, is illustrated in Fig. 3.Said arm carries a suitable, preferably detachable, rest 33 for theinactive part of the body which may be attached to the support by meansof suitable bands or bandages similar to the bandages shown in Figs. 1and 2. i

The form of the device shown in Fig. 3 differs from the form shown inFig. 1 not only in the shape of the pendulum weight, which may beoptional, but also by having the base 3 1 which carries the pendulumaxle and the support or the inactive member of the body, provided withholes 35 through which fastenings may be inserted to secure it directlyto the wall. In this arrangement the apparatus is not adjustablevertically but is correspondingly simple, although it will beunderstood, of course, that the base may be attached to a block or platewhich is vertically adjustable.

For adjusting the base carrying the pen dulum axle to any desiredheight, any preferred adjusting device may be used instead of the formshown in Fig. 1 and the bottom holder or bracket 5 may be arranged tobesecured to the floor near the side wall instead of to the wall.

The pendulum weight 35 is preferably adjustable on the pendulum rod 36whereby the amplitude of the pendulum can be regulated.

lVith the aid of the toothed coupling or clutch members 11 and 12,various kinds of rests or supports may be attached to the pendulum axle2 so that the different members of the body can be moved correspondinglyin the various ways by means of the apparatus.

In the form shown in Fig. 4t, instead of the extension 13 having thesupport or rest 17, there is coupled with the axle 2, an axle 37 havingsecured to its outer end a bevel wheel 38, with which the bevel wheel 10on the shaft 39 meshes. This shaft 39 is mounted in a bearing 41 on theouter end of an arm 12, fitted to the coupling member 30 of the base 1.A rest 43 for a foot is secured, preferably detachably, to the shaft 9.As will be readily understood, by means of the gears 38 and 410, a planeof oscillation displaced 90 relatively to the plane of oscillation ofthe pendulum is produced so that the foot on the rest 13 will oscillatearound its longitudinal axis.

The support arranged in the continuation of the axle oscillated by thependulum and rotatably connected with said axle for supporting theinactive member of the body, may have a different shape according to thepart of the body to be supported thereby and need not necessarily bearranged at the end of the extension carrying the rest for the limbwhich is to be moved, but may be arranged around said extension and thusbe located at any point of the axle which is oscillated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastic exercises, a pendulum, a shaftof oscillation for said pendulum, means for attaching said shaft to thewall of a room, the free end of said shaft being provided with couplingteeth, a second shaft correspondingly toothed at one end to be coupledwith said first mentioned shaft, and means connected with said secondshaft for bearing that mem-' ber of the body which is to be moved.

2. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastic exercises, a pendulum, a shaftof oscillation for said pendulum, a base, means for osei1lativelyconnecting said shaft with said base, means for attaching said base tothe Wall of a room, and means to be rigidly connected with saidoscillated shaft for executing various kinds of exercises.

3. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, a pendulum, an axle ofoscillation for said pendulum, a base bearing said axle of oscillation,said base being adjustably mounted on vertical guiding pieces, means forsecuring said guiding pieces to a wall, and means to be rigidlyconnected with said axle of oscillation for executing various kinds ofexercises.

4;. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, a pendulum, a shaft ofoscillation for said pendulum, means for oscillatively attaching saidshaft to a wall, a second shaft to be coupled with said first mentionedshaft, a support on said second shaft for the member of the body whichis to be moved, said support being formed by a frame having anadjustable bow mounted thereon.

5. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, a pendulum, a shaft ofoscillation for said pendulum, means for attaching said shaft to a wall,a second shaft to be coupled with said first-mentioned shaft, a supporton said second shaft for the member of the body which is to be moved,said support being formed by a frame, and a band having a transverseslit placed like a loop around said frame.

6. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, a pendulum, a shaft ofoscillation for said pendulum, means for attaching said shaft to a wall,a second shaft to be coupled with said first-mentioned shaft, a sitpporton said second shaft for the member of the body which is to be moved,said support being formed by a frame, a hand having a transverse slitplaced like a loop around said frame for forming a rest, and means onthe free ends of said band for fixing said member of the body on saidrest.

7. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastic exercises, a pendulum, a shaftof oscillation for said pendulum, a base, means for connecting saidshaft with said base, means for attaching said base to a wall,-a secondshaft to be coupled with said first-mentioned shaft, means connectedwith said second shaft for bearing that member of the body which is tobe moved, and an arm bearing a support for the member of the body whichis to remain at rest.

8. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, a pendulum, a shaft ofoscillation for said pendulum, a base, means for connecting said shaftwith said base, means for attaching said base to a wall, a second shaftto be coupled with said first-mentioned shaft, means connected with saidsecond shaft for bearing the member of the body which is to be moved, anarm movably connected with said second shaft, and a support on said armfor the member of the body remaining at rest. it

9. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastic exercises, a pendulum, a shaftof oscillation for said pendulum, a base, means for connectin said basewith shaft, means for attachin said base to a wall, a coupling member onsaid base beside said shaft, and means to be connected wth said shaftand said coupling member for executing the different exercises.

10. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastic exercises, a pendulum, ashaft of oscillation for said pendulum, a base, means for connectingsaid shaft with said base, means for attaching said base to a wall, asecond shaft to be coupled with said first-mentioned shaft, meansconnected with said second shaft for bearing that member of the bodywhich is to be moved, and a coupling device on the base beside saidoscillative shaft and bearing a support for that member of the bodywhich is to remain at rest.

11. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, a pendulum, an axle ofoscillation for said pendulum, a base, said axle being oscillativelyconnected with said base, means for attaching said base to a wall of aroom, a coupling on said base beside said axle, a supporting arm securedin said coupling and means connected with said oscillating axle forbearing that member of the body which is to be moved.

12. In an apparatus for hygienic gymnastics, the combination of apendulum, an axle of oscillation for said pendulum, means for attachingsaid axle to the wall of a room, shafts adapted to be secured to saidaxle, oscillating means arranged on said shafts for supporting thatmember vof the body which is to be moved, and means for supporting thatmember of the body which is to remain at rest.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

LEO CARO. Witnesses:

- R. PAUL THOMPSON,

ROBERT J. THOMPSON.

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